The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1887-12-17
From oU regular Core pendent.
Washington, Dec. 3, 1SoI

With the coming 81 Congress
the inevitable office hunter,
and he is alrendy here IN iuli force.
Scores are here after position in
the organization Ot the new House,
and hundreds that want other
places. The result, will be that
ninety-nine oat OF every hundred
will be disappointed, They will
hang about here for weeks and
months. in anticipation, until they
become dishoartened and abso-
lutely " dead broke" then borrow
money enough from their Con
Qressmen te purchase y ticket, and
probably leaving several little
bill. unpaid, start for home dis
gusted and swearing vengeance
on the administration. Hotels,
boarding houses, and merchants
here, have learned pretty well how
to rate these fellows, and gene
rally eau tell one on sight, and de-
mhnd advance payment, vet they
arc often badly sold. OF con 81
il il not 50 in a majority Of cases,
but they SO frequently oecur that
an office hunter 10 in extreme bad
Tspute here. | have never seen a
more persistent crowd tor place
than i. in Washington at this tune,
and every tram brings in Few one'-
The great majority OF them arr
from the Southern States, and one
would suppose from their persist
ent activity that they regardeo
tbi. their only and last chance
Senator Allison, Of Iowa, is al
abe man and discreet politician
The Republican party is proud o
such spotless public men, and the
Presidential bee that is bnzzing II
his head does notsdisconeert him
A reporter of u democratic pape
sought to interview him the othe
evening on this question, whel
the Senator very politely said t.
him that there need be no unea
siness IN the democratic part.
about this matter, that when tn
time came the Republicans uoul'
have . candidate, and % winnlni
one, too. That is the whole thin.
in anut shell, and the reporte
left with tho impression that h
had met oae wise member OF tn
fftieth Congress. ManY3 of ther
come here with INTERVIEWS" a
ready prepared on prominent TOT
les, and are exceedingly anxiou
TO have some newspaper man Il
ther their manuscript. In m
INDICTMENT, more than half tho il
terviews printed, emenatingi trol
Washington, are thus prepare
and their publication solicited, an
in some instances paid for.
The Commissioners appointe
Ey President Cleveland to inve
tigate the Pacific railroad, q,
here preparing their report. Th'
investigation cost the Governmer
a clean 500, 900, and literal.
amounts to nothing, so far as Il
pubic is concerned. 1t gave thr'
men a nice |tle job, however, u
der a reform administration.
Mr.. Benedict has discharge
from the Government Printing {
fee another squad OF employ
Of Republican Proclrvities, TO NAL
placeitor applicants pressed by ne
Democratic congressman. /
says, without any reserve, tn
when the time comes for hmm
leave that Office, there shall not
left q single Republican in tn
brauch Of the service. No matt
how skilhul and competent the mi
or wolusn may be, they must g
and their places he filled for me.
partisan purposes. Benedict
using his place for all it ia wort
Speaker Carlisle drives a ma
niGcent span of kentucky bay
He has named ono Sam Randa.
nd " ,theP RilI Morrison. Of